Public, preservationists voice support for Debar Lodge
The proposal to remove an Adirondack camp is a state Constitutional conundrum that has opened the floodgates of public comment.
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WATCH: DEC treats about 2,500 Lake George-area hemlock trees for invasive bug
The DEC treated about 2,500 hemlock trees around 138 acres near Lake George in Washington County for the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid.
Open Space Institute acquires Lake Luzerne property ripe for green and recreational opportunities
Newly protected property in Warren County will help fight climate change and help link Saratoga Springs to the Adirondacks.
Fort Drum eyes six potential training sites, some in Adirondack Park
Fort Drum has formed a stakeholder group to look at six possible locations, some in the Adirondacks, for air- and land-based training.
Are fish ladders the answer?
By Ry Rivard
When it was last relicensed, the owners of Treadwell Mills dam on the Saranac River put in a fish ladder so salmon could get through. The ladder, which looks like a wet wheelchair ramp for fish to swim up, has never been used, though, because salmon still can’t get past Imperial Mills. The Lake Champlain…
Proposal would remove historic Adirondack camp, create public day-use area
Adirondack camp's future, cell tower, timber harvesting and more, are up for public comment to the Adirondack Park Agency.
Lake George’s ‘Dog Beach’ turned into water quality filter
A popular, unsanctioned beach in the Village of Lake George is getting a water quality makeover to keep pollutants at bay.
Shuttles, permits, visitor centers are part of latest High Peaks crowds talks
More information comes out on what the state and stakeholders are thinking for crowd management in the High Peaks.
DEC leaves public in the dark on High Peaks meetings
The High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group has met eight times since June, but DEC has not posted meeting summaries.
The price of driving on state land
The highest potential fine that could be levied against the driver who illegally took his Jeep Cherokee into Marcy Dam -- via a truck road over Forest Preserve -- is $750.